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<blockquote data-quote="Zardo" data-source="post: 509427" data-attributes="member: 12490"><p>He does have some tendencies toward some larger diagnosis, but H and I do not wish to persue a route to put a label on his issues. I know many of you will disagree, but if he is classified anything, it would be on a light scale. For the most part, he functions within the norm, but with challenges. The counselor did suggest getting an evaluation, but we don't wish to pursue that. We feel that he has issues, and with support, time and maturity, he must learn to overcome them. He has a hard time "connecting" in a classroom, even with ADD medications, when upset he agrues his point without consideration of other people's needs/views, and he has a hard time accepting rules he does not agree with. Sometimes, when given a consequence, he will self sabbotage in an effort for self satisfaction. So, for example, if he is punished for missing an assignment, if he's upset about it, he may then not do the next assignment to make a point. IT's all on the table, we all know the tendencies and the therapeutic approach is to help him develop a better awareness of those tendencies and how they affect what then happens to him. So again, right now he seems to be doing OK. He still makes demands for what HE wants, but seems to be able to accept that he cannot always have HIS way better than the not so distant past. I do think helping him through these tendencies takes time. "The Unchanged Mind" presents the dilemma of kids who get all of these various diagnosis along with an interesting perspective, it's all related to the same thing - delayed maturity - it's an interesting read.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zardo, post: 509427, member: 12490"] He does have some tendencies toward some larger diagnosis, but H and I do not wish to persue a route to put a label on his issues. I know many of you will disagree, but if he is classified anything, it would be on a light scale. For the most part, he functions within the norm, but with challenges. The counselor did suggest getting an evaluation, but we don't wish to pursue that. We feel that he has issues, and with support, time and maturity, he must learn to overcome them. He has a hard time "connecting" in a classroom, even with ADD medications, when upset he agrues his point without consideration of other people's needs/views, and he has a hard time accepting rules he does not agree with. Sometimes, when given a consequence, he will self sabbotage in an effort for self satisfaction. So, for example, if he is punished for missing an assignment, if he's upset about it, he may then not do the next assignment to make a point. IT's all on the table, we all know the tendencies and the therapeutic approach is to help him develop a better awareness of those tendencies and how they affect what then happens to him. So again, right now he seems to be doing OK. He still makes demands for what HE wants, but seems to be able to accept that he cannot always have HIS way better than the not so distant past. I do think helping him through these tendencies takes time. "The Unchanged Mind" presents the dilemma of kids who get all of these various diagnosis along with an interesting perspective, it's all related to the same thing - delayed maturity - it's an interesting read. [/QUOTE]
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